Connector device including conductive portion
A connector device (A) is provided with a pair of circuit boards ( 11, 21 ) including board transmission paths ( 13, 23 ) and arranged to face each other, a pair of connectors ( 14, 24 ) to be mounted on the pair of circuit boards ( 11, 21 ), a plurality of adapters ( 60 ) including relay outer conductors ( 63 ) and configured to connect the pair of connectors ( 14, 24 ), and an electrically conductive member ( 40 ) made of metal to make a plurality of the relay outer conductors ( 63 ) conductive. The board transmission paths ( 13, 23 ) are arranged outside an inclusion region (R) including the plurality of adapters ( 60 ) on a virtual projection plane (S) parallel to the circuit boards ( 11, 21 ). The electrically conductive member ( 40 ) is arranged only within the inclusion region (R) on the virtual projection plane (S).
1 . A connector device, comprising:
a pair of circuit boards including board transmission paths, the circuit boards being arranged to face each other;
a pair of connectors to be individually mounted on the pair of circuit boards;
a plurality of adapters including outer conductors, the adapters connecting the pair of connectors;
an electrically nonconductive alignment portion for integrally and swingably holding the plurality of adapters; and
an electrically conductive portion made of metal, the electrically conductive portion being attached to the alignment portion and making a plurality of the outer conductors conductive,
the board transmission paths being arranged outside an inclusion region including the plurality of adapters on a virtual projection plane parallel to the circuit boards, and
the electrically conductive portion being arranged only within the inclusion region on the virtual projection plane.
2 . The connector device of claim 1 , wherein:
the plurality of adapters are aligned and arranged side by side along two perpendicular directions on the virtual projection plane, and
the electrically conductive portion is arranged to be sandwiched between adjacent ones of the adapters.
3 . The connector device of claim 1 , wherein the electrically conductive portion is a single component including resilient contact portions to be brought into resilient contact with the outer conductors, a press-fit portion to be press-fit into the alignment portion and a linking portion linking the resilient contact portions and the press-fit portion.
4 . The connector device of claim 3 , wherein:
the electrically conductive portion is made from a press-worked plate having a cut surface exposed on an outer peripheral edge,
the alignment portion includes through holes for allowing the adapters to be passed therethrough,
the resilient contact portions are arranged along hole edges of the through holes, and
the resilient contact portion is formed with a bent portion bent to keep the cut surface away from the adapter in a radial direction of the through hole.
5 . The connector device of claim 1 , wherein the alignment portion is made of an insulating material.
6 . The connector device of claim 1 , wherein on the virtual projection plane, the board transmission paths are disposed outside the electrically conductive portion so as not to overlap the electrically conductive portion.